Archive for 2010
It Isn’t The Schooling But The Parenting That Matters
The school system and the teachers are frequently brought under fire for the way that our kids turn out, but if we are honest with ourselves, it is mainly the parents who are to be held responsible for the way that children turn out.
Increasingly experts are of the view that it is parental involvement that [...]
Starting Your Child Out On Green Concepts
There is much you can do as a parent to introduce some green concepts to your children, which will stand them in good stead through their growing up years and which will introduce the concept of being a responsible citizen early in life.
Practice Water conservation to teach [...]
Online Grooming – A Cautionary Tale For Parents
It can be frightening how little a parent may know about what is going on with their teen or preteen and the number of insidious ways in which predators can get at their children.
A story that recently emerged that of a young girl who had been subject to online grooming since the age of 12 [...]
3 Tips To Boost Your Child’s Confidence
Building your child’s self confidence can be very challenging. It is not so easy to do especially if your child is naturally shy and aloof.
However, self confidence is something your child must possess early in life if you want him/her to grow into a wonderful person.
Self confidence is important. It is the [...]
Teach Your Kids About Self Control – It Could Improve School Performances
Parents who are able to instill in their children qualities of self control are probably enabling them to deal with violence and bullying from others as well as helping them improve their school performance.
According to a study, which put kids through a three month mentoring program, it was observed that those children who were trained [...]
Why Is Nagging Counterproductive?
Not only does nagging grate the person at whom it is directed, it also does nothing for the nagger.
It does not lift one’s mood or make them feel better, because it produces no results for the most part.
So the next time you feel like nagging, ask yourself [...]
TV Viewing Affects Teens’ Relationships With Parents
According to a report, the amount of TV watching and computer use that teens indulged in affects on the kind of relationship that teen may have with his or her parents and even friends.
The study that had 3000 children in their mid teens answered a questionnaire, found that the risk of having low attachment to [...]
3 Easy Tips For Your Child To Love Vegetables
Vegetables will never make it to the top of your child’s favorite food list. They see vegetables as unappetizing and not tasty at all.
However, as parents we all know that vegetables should be a part of our child’s diet.
Vegetables are excellent sources of essential vitamins and minerals needed by our kids to [...]
An Argument Against Hyper-Parenting
Here is a review about a new book that puts forth a powerful argument against “bubble wrapping children who are consequently missing out on childhood.”
50 Dangerous Things (you should let your children do), pivots on the premise of less is more when talking about parenting and trying to insulate children against all manners of [...]
A Teenage Son And His Rage
When I was fifteen I spent two whole months not talking to my mom.
I was angry at what I thought was her inability to understand me and my friends.
I know now that it had a lot to do with the hormones running through my body and less to do with my mom’s [...]
